In the past, India and China have disputed numerous issues, from trade to territory. Notably, in 1962, disputes over their Himalayan border regions sparked the brief Sino-Indian War. In the 21st century, a new issue has the potential to become a flashpoint between the world’s most populous nations: their shared rivers.
China has planned, and in some cases begun construction on, major hydropower and water diversion projects in its southern regions, including Tibet, which is making the water security of its downstream neighbors more fragile. The glacial Tibetan Plateau, largely controlled by China, is the source of rivers that supply water to approximately 1.5 billion people. Many of Asia’s major rivers—including the Mekong, Brahmaputra, Yangtze, Yellow, Indus, and Salween Rivers—beg

Image from ?Mercantile Manchester, past and present ? With ? illustrations?, 002558919
Author: MORTIMER, John Cashier, Manchester
Page: 45
Year: 1896
Place: Manchester
Publisher: Palmer, Howe & Co.
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Image from ?Timbuctoo the Mysterious ? Translated from the French by D. White. With ? illustrations ? and ? maps, etc?, 000990976
Author: DUBOIS, Felix African Explorer
Page: 64
Year: 1897
Place: London
Publisher: W. Heinemann
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Rat anatomy, Either male or female, Pointer to lobe of left lung, (side/lateral view). Rat dissection stills taken from FARID (Functional Anatomy of the Rat [Interactive Dissection]). This resource was authored by Megan Quentin-Baxter and David Dewhurst, with Graham Irving and Stephen Mera at Leeds Metropolitan University.

These are the raw materials for a learning activity to explore the concepts of an organisation's internal and external environment, why they are significant and how organisations may attempt to manage them. Three environmental analysis tools will be examined and debated. There will be opportunity to apply these tools to live organisations. In the case of the SWOT analysis, its use in the context of personal and professional development will be explored

15.874 and 15.871 provide an introduction to system dynamics modeling for the analysis of business policy and strategy. Students learn to visualize a business organization in terms of the structures and policies that create dynamics and regulate performance. The course uses role playing games, simulation models, and management flight simulators to develop principles for the successful management of complex strategies. Special emphasis will be placed on case studies of successful strategies using system dynamics.
15.874 is a full semester course and 15.871 is a half semester course. The two classes meet together and cover the same material for the first half of the term. In the second half of the semester, only 15.874 continues.

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This course addresses the place of contemporary queer identities in French discourse and discusses the new generation of queer authors and their principal concerns. Class discussions and readings will introduce students to the main classical references of queer subcultures, from Proust and Vivien to Hocquenghem and Wittig. Throughout the course, students will examines current debates on post-colonial and globalized queer identities through essays, songs, movies, and novels. Authors covered include Didier Eribon, Anne Garréta, Abdellah Taïa, Anne Scott, and Nina Bouraoui. This class is taught in French.

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Image from ?Esther Denison. A novel?, 003339935
Author: SERGEANT, Emily Frances Adeline.
Volume: 01
Page: 169
Year: 1889
Place: London
Publisher: R. Bentley & Son
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This class explores the relationship between music and the supernatural, focusing on the social history and context of supernatural beliefs as reflected in key literary and musical works from 1600 to the present. Provides a better understanding of the place of ambiguity and the role of interpretation in culture, science and art. Explores great works of art by Shakespeare, Verdi, Goethe (in translation), Gounod, Henry James and Benjamin Britten. Readings will also include selections from the most recent scholarship on magic and the supernatural. Writing assignments will range from web-based projects to analytic essays. No previous experience in music is necessary. Projected guest lectures, musical performances, field trips.

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Image from ?La France pittoresque du Midi ? Par Alexis-M. G. [i.e. Jean Baptiste Gochet.]?, 001345189
Author: G., Alexis M.
Page: 357
Year: 1898
Place: Tours
Publisher:
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Halter-neck maxi dress, geometric design with sylised flowers in orange, brown and green. Two self-covered buttons to secure back neck. Front cut in two pieces finishing at a point at centre front. Bodice cut in two sections, 'V' neck, darted at bust. Cotton lined throughout. No labels - from the The Betty Smithers Design Collection at Staffordshire University.

Image from ?King?s Handbook of New York City. An outline history and description of the American metropolis. With ? illustrations, etc. (Second edition.)?, 001968597
Author: KING, Moses.
Page: 683
Year: 1893
Place: Boston, Mass
Publisher: M. King
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Author: SPEIGHT, Thomas Wilkinson.
Volume: 01
Page: 109
Year: 1876
Place: London
Publisher:
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Professor Adrian Moore delivers a lecture on the concept of the infinite, a concept with deep philosophical implications. This lecture was given in St Hugh's College as part of the St Hugh's Special Lecture Series. Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

Image from ?A history of the town and parish of Nantwich, or Wich-Malbank, in the county palatine of Chester?, 001570170
Author: HALL, James of Nantwich
Page: 362
Year: 1883
Place: Nantwich
Publisher: Printed for the Author
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Image from ?Poetische Reise 1837. [A Journal, in English verse, of adventures in Switzerland.] [By Mary Drinkwater?]?, 003069192
Author: DRINKWATER, Mary.
Page: 131
Year: 1837
Place: London? 1837.]
Publisher:
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Author: GIBBON, Charles Esq
Volume: 03
Page: 269
Year: 1877
Place: London, Beccles [printed]
Publisher:
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Author: CORRIE, Theodora.
Page: 177
Year: 1886
Place: London
Publisher: Tinsley Bros.
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Author: DONOVAN, Dick pseud. [i.e. Joyce Emmerson Muddock.]
Page: 124
Year: 1890
Place: London
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
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